synopsis (with spoilers) at this link; you need to read this before you read the rest of the post; thank you.
So, "girl power,"...
Harley being upside-down means she's perverse, she has turned her world upside-down (this isn't revelatory), BUT, by the end of the film, she's right-side up in one of the last shots we see of her. So, what happens to turn Harley upside-down? She's unbalanced, but--unlike what everyone claims is the problem with Harley Quinn, that she is in a dysfunctional relationship with Joker--she's unbalanced because she's NOT with him at the start of the film.
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Enchantress promises to give the squad members whatever they want if they will join her; we have seen this before as a means of socialism to ensnare followers, from X-Men: Apocalypse, to Constantine in Muppets Most Wanted not to mention the season two finale for Penny Dreadful and the showdown with the devil Vanessa Ives has. Enchantress offers Harley a "normal life," and we know that, deep down inside, that's what Harley really wants: just as neither Harley nor Joker wear their make-up in Harley's livid day-dream of bliss, so, after Harley threw herself into the vat of chemicals and Joker went after her, the make-up came off and swirled around them, so the important element in Harley's hope is that they always have that connection of the deep, emotional (not skin-deep) bond they share.
Again, at the start of the film, she's upside-down because she's away from Joker who "sets her right," but at the end, even though she thinks he's dead, she looks normal: her hair is in rollers, as in the vision Enchantress showed her, and she's reading a romance novel because she knows what she wants now; the stand-alone film for Harley coming up will reveal what happens next, but, just as Mr. J's alter ego is The Joker, so Harley Quinn's alter ego is the Harlequin of the commedia dell'arte, showing they make the perfect couple, which leads us to the other couple in the film, Dr. June Moone and Rick Flag.
The Succubus, aka, Enchantress is also where the heart of the Enchantress is buried.
What does this hole symbolize?
The vagina.
How can I say that? Later in the film, after Enchantress has kidnapped Waller, Flag asks Deadshot, "Did you get far enough in the report to see that I'm sleeping with her?" That is exactly what a demon known as a succubus does, it lures men into having sex with them, and where does the sexual act take place? The vagina. Why am I making a big deal about this? Because the film does: why are there skeletons in this hole that is an alter to the succubus Enchantress?
Because those are aborted babies.
No Men Beyond This Point, you know the importance of the moon on women and the moon tends to symbolize the "lesser sex" with the sun being the alpha man, and the moon merely reflecting light from the sun. The moon stands in direct contrast to our spiritual life, because we are supposed to live in the Grace of God (remember the woman who makes the sign of the Cross over herself when June Moone turns into Enchantress? We should be doing the same) but the moon symbolizes how nature controls us, we don't control nature, (nature and the world of the flesh vs God's Grace and the enlightened life of the spirit) and we never have the sense that June can control Enchantress, Enchantress controls June. So we all ready have a complicated character, and then you put her in the situation of being possessed and you really increase the layers of interpretation. You cannot have a woman who is sexually promiscuous (Enchantress/June Moone) that is not in need of birth control unless she is in menopause or wanting to get pregnant. Those skeletons in the alter area are the remains of babies aborted to "worship" both the Enchantress succubus and her "Brother," who is the demon incubus. What else is buried down there with the alter and skeletons? The heart of Enchantress; why?
It is demonic for women to believe that sex does NOT lead to love; feminists and liberals want women to believe they can be just as promiscuous as men and not have any consequences (as long as the state keeps them in birth control, condoms and abortions); the truth is, nature has other plans for women: oxytocin is the hormone released in a woman's brain when she climaxes, and that causes her to fall in love and want to stay with the man she has just had sex with; men do not have this happen to them.The emotional ties a woman feels with the man after sex is supposed to make her bond with him and want to stay with him, so she is more careful about who she chooses to have sex with (because she is going to have emotional consequences of rejection and heart break if she doesn't) but, again, for political reasons, women are being sexually exploited with lies against how our nature truly is. For the succubus Enchantress, like all women, whoever controls the heart controls her; this is why it has to be Harley Quinn who takes out Enchantress,...
Jochebed putting Moses in the reed basket and sending him down the Nile so he might still find a chance at life in spite of the odds (we also saw Drakka do this with her son in Warcraft). In this very creative and protective act, Waller and Wayne are becoming the parents of these groups, Suicide Squad (which Wayne has threatened he will shut down) and Justice League (which wouldn't exist without Waller giving Wayne the necessary information he couldn't get on his own). This is like a scene out of Zootopia, with the fox--billionaire Bruce Wayne--and the police officer bunny Judy Hopps--Amanda Waller, CIA director--working to make the world a better place. So, even though it doesn't seem that way, this is actually an incredibly happy ending and the promise of a beautiful (if sometimes difficult) friendship, just like at the end of Casablanca.
And that's how simple it is to be a hero.
Love.
In conclusion, Suicide Squad thanks all the anti-socialist films which have come before it, preparing the way for this film; by laying out a clear, anti-feminist agenda, the film makers communicate to women what women really need to hear: stop abusing yourself. The film is clearly not anti-woman, nor does it encourage any abusive behavior towards women, rather, it tries to make women see who they really are and the heroic task ahead of them, for themselves, those they love and the world. Each woman needs to ask herself, which of the women in the film am I? In spite of the film being about the world's worst heroes, it tries to help us be the best of heroes.So, "girl power,"...
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If you will notice the two images at the very bottom of this collage, the far left and center left, we have the origin of Harley Quinn, from the Harlequin; as the Joker comes from a deck of cards, so Harlequin comes from the theater, which explains why Harley Quinn is so theatrical, but also her physical feats we see her perform, like hanging up in her prison cell when we first see her, climbing onto the rope Joker throws out to her and hanging on it while Deadshot aimed at her, and then her tumbling routine when she fell out of the helicopter to safety; these are all traits of Harlequin. Why does Harley Quinn use a baseball bat? She likes games, whether they are play games--like racing against the Batman on the streets of Gotham--or mind games because she was a psychiatrist, she loves games. Note also the harlequin designs she wears on her black and gold checked gown (and the red and black checked tattoo on her right arm) as well as the pattern showing up on her ball bat and sledge hammer she carries. We discuss how the psychiatrist's doctor's coat might have been like a straight jacket to Harley; throughout the film we see her wearing different things around her arms, sometimes bracelets, some times a bunch of watches; why? It's difficult to tell. Arms symbolize our strength, so either Harley feels she is still being in a "straight jacket" even being with the Joker and his crazy influence, or she's intentionally holding herself back because she's even crazier than he is and she doesn't want to scare him off. Now, Harley has perhaps the biggest conversion in the film, and it's because she has the most important and vulnerable line: "He marries me?" Harley asks in disbelief when Enchantress shows Harley what Harley truly desires and how Enchantress wants Harley to believe Enchantress can give it to her (Harley, the manipulative player of .mind games has had a mind game played on her). Unbeknownst to Enchantress, Harley Quinn is something of a succubus herself, tempting all the men who see her to desire her; when the possibility of Joker marrying her is opened up to Harley, she realizes that IS what she wanted more than anything, for herself and him. Remember, when they are both in the vat of chemicals, their make-up comes off, and neither of them wears their make-up in the "domestic bliss" scene Enchantress shows her (again, this is very much like the offer the devil makes Vanessa Ives in Season 2 of Penny Dreadful, a life of domestic bliss with Ethan). It's with Harley, we can say, that Enchantress "deconstructs herself," because Enchantress is a succubus, a demon who arouses men's sexual appetites, just as Harley does; by Harley "getting married," it shows Harley and all women that, ultimately, there is nothing that can still beat marriage: it's dignity, it's respect, it's self-respect, it's security and the chance to love and nurture children. These are all the exact opposite qualities a succubus--and liberals and Democrats--want women to embrace, but Harley does. In the last scene we see of her, Harley has her hair in rollers, as she did in the image Enchantress showed her, and Harley is fully clothed, even her feet, so Harley has suddenly embraced modesty. Note the pink slippers on her feet: feet symbolize our will and for Harley to have pink slippers on suggests she wants to be more feminine (instead of whorish and unpredictable) and "softer" because of the fuzzy quality of the slippers. Now, why did she call Joker "Puddin'?" Because pudding is a sweet food, it's also easy to eat, it doesn't require any chewing (going over it and understanding it); Joker was like her "honey," the way money is Deadshot's "honey," that which makes life sweet for us." Now, Harley has an important moment with Joker: when he goes over the side of the road and crashes the car into the water; what happens? Harley goes through the windshield; why? She's not going to be upset that Joker didn't save her from drowning (remember, when she wakes up, she isn't surprised to not see Joker with her, she acts like she was expecting Batman to be there instead) but she does realize that her relationship with Joker could be the "vehicle" that kills her (the windshield symbolizes "reflection" as glass or mirrors always do, so she has reflected that even though she would die for him, he could also get her killed and for no good reason). |
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Harley can't swim, and this comes up in two important scenes. First, the scene where Joker wants Harley to prove her love for him, so he has her jump into the vat of chemicals and, of course, she can't swim to save herself. Joker turns away to leave her to her fate, but then he stops (bottom image) and he turns around, takes his jacket off and then falls into the vat after her, saving her. What happens? Harley had the white straight jacket in the top image removed so he would be free (getting him the machine gun so he could escape the asylum) and now, her devotion to him has genuinely touched him and he needs her, so when Joker makes that dramatic move of removing his jacket himself (the leather one) he's being helped by Harley to escape another straitjacket: the jacket was leather, meaning his animal instincts have been removed, and his shirt, which is purple, is open at his chest; why? It's exposing his heart, meaning, Joker is exposing his vulnerable heart to Harley and she is going to become his very heart. The purple shirt he wears is a sign of his suffering, that is, he is willing to suffer for Harley, and that suffering he endures on her behave will make him a better man. When Joker pulls Harley out, it's like an immersion Baptism, she emerges as a new woman: a woman who faced her fear of giving everything to a man and him not returning it, and Harley won. This is the bond that unites the two of them, and we can be confident of that because when Joker and Harley are in the vat, swirls of color surround them, the color from the persona make-up Joker wears, meaning, just as Harley gave her stripped emotions to Joker, Joker is giving his stripped self to her (free of the make-up he wears for the public; that doesn't mean they aren't going to put on an act for the rest of the world, but for each other, they know what they other needs and wants to give the other). That is the first scene where Harley not being able to swim is important; the second scene is the third image on the left when Joker and Harley are in the purple Lamborghini, racing Batman and Joker takes the car over the cliff; as Harley screams she can't swim. When Batman jumps into the water, Joker has all ready gotten himself to safety, but left Harley to die,... or did he pull a "Teddy Kennedy" like at Chappaquiddick Island? Actually, no. Joker knew Batman would save Harley and send Joker to death row, so by saving himself, Joker was also saving Harley, because we saw how distraught she was after he supposedly died in the helicopter crash and Joker would have the resources to free Harley, but if both of them were in prison/the asylum, they couldn't count on anyone freeing them. |
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Katana has more in common with Enchantress than any other character; how? At the end, when Rick Flag has crushed the heart of Enchantress, June breaks out of the "mask" Enchantress had become for June and is saved; Katana also wears a mask. Enchantress wants to be rejoined with a spirit (her brother Incubus) just as Katana wants to be rejoined with a spirit (her dead husband). Both Enchantress and Katana let hair hang down in their face; both women also wear symbols on their heads, Enchantress wears a moon and Katana wears the flag of Japan, which demonstrates via word play the relationship to Rick Flag both women have: Katana is meant to protect Flag, Enchantress wants to kill Flag. Enchantress took the body of June, but Katana takes the soul of anyone she kills. Katana, however, was actually married to her husband, but June/Encahntress was not married to Rick even though he was playing the husband. What about June? Please note this important scene (the right photo of her in water): this is the first time Rick Flag sees the woman he's going to start sleeping with, and it's important that June's reflection is so dominant in this image because June can see Enchantress in herself, in other words, June doesn't have to become possessed by Enchantress to actually be a succubus, or at least, do the work of the succubus, because it's easy enough to get Flag to start sleeping with her. |
The Succubus, aka, Enchantress is also where the heart of the Enchantress is buried.
What does this hole symbolize?
The vagina.
How can I say that? Later in the film, after Enchantress has kidnapped Waller, Flag asks Deadshot, "Did you get far enough in the report to see that I'm sleeping with her?" That is exactly what a demon known as a succubus does, it lures men into having sex with them, and where does the sexual act take place? The vagina. Why am I making a big deal about this? Because the film does: why are there skeletons in this hole that is an alter to the succubus Enchantress?
Because those are aborted babies.
No Men Beyond This Point, you know the importance of the moon on women and the moon tends to symbolize the "lesser sex" with the sun being the alpha man, and the moon merely reflecting light from the sun. The moon stands in direct contrast to our spiritual life, because we are supposed to live in the Grace of God (remember the woman who makes the sign of the Cross over herself when June Moone turns into Enchantress? We should be doing the same) but the moon symbolizes how nature controls us, we don't control nature, (nature and the world of the flesh vs God's Grace and the enlightened life of the spirit) and we never have the sense that June can control Enchantress, Enchantress controls June. So we all ready have a complicated character, and then you put her in the situation of being possessed and you really increase the layers of interpretation. You cannot have a woman who is sexually promiscuous (Enchantress/June Moone) that is not in need of birth control unless she is in menopause or wanting to get pregnant. Those skeletons in the alter area are the remains of babies aborted to "worship" both the Enchantress succubus and her "Brother," who is the demon incubus. What else is buried down there with the alter and skeletons? The heart of Enchantress; why?
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Unfortunately, this is the best image I can find of "Brother," Incubus. An Incubus is a demon who has sex with women; you're right, this doesn't come up in the film, and it's not important for "Brother," at least not at this point. What is imperative, however, is who Enchantress chooses for her brother's spirit to inhabit. Enchantress takes a black male, gives him as a host to her brother's spirit, then takes her brother to the subway, and tells him to feed and make himself strong; he feigns illness; a white male security guard approaches him and calls for help; a white male physician volunteers to help the man and starts chest compressions. This is probably THE MOST IMPORTANT SCENE IN THE ENTIRE FILM, especially since we just saw a similar scene in Ghostbusters which invoked the Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman (please see The 4th Apocalypse: Ghostbusters for more). In Suicide Squad, we see Enchantress has taken this successful business man (who is in the act of washing his hands, suggesting his hands are "clean" of any dirty business, or of the past even) who is then "feeding" on white men in an underground railroad; he transforms from a black man into a demon, rather like Patti's character in Ghostbusters claiming that the audience at the rock concert are sexist, racist or both, and then a demon sits on her shoulders; the demon form "Brother" takes on is exactly like the demon of socialism in Warcraft (please see To Kill a Demon: Warcraft & Fel Magic for more). Why does Enchantress choose a black man to embody her "Brother?" Because liberals and feminists see themselves as minorities, and by banding together against a common enemy--especially white males who are the power-holders in American society--the minorities feel they can overwhelm and overcome their enemy. The reason this is the most important scene is because it definitely establishes the morality of the film: if we had any doubts about the morality of Enchantress and how she utilizes June Moone to entrance Rick Flag, we can't doubt what happens with "Brother" and the white men he feeds upon. This sets the stage for understanding why El Diablo fights him, and how that fight happens. As a Mexican, El Diablo would be one of the demographic liberals preach would benefit from socialism (Enchantress offering the Squad members anything they want (especially since each Squad member is considered a political and economic minority), is a promise of socialism, like all those people who thought Obama was going to pay their bills for them). El Diablo realizing that these promises are just mind games, strengthens himself to fight against them. He realizes that his friends and new family are worth more than any power or enticement Enchantress might offer, and so, like a real man, El Diablo lays down his life for those he loves. How? He summons all his strength and talent, everything unique and singular to him, his individuality. and he uses that to get "Brother" into a corner,... why a corner? Because socialism can't defend itself when it's backed up and there is no where to run; socialism is good at destroying things--like the massive ring of trash in the sky Enchantress creates for her weapon--and through self-sacrifice (not buying into that others "owe you" or you can't take care of yourself) El Diablo finds his true being and makes the ultimate act of heroism. |
Jochebed putting Moses in the reed basket and sending him down the Nile so he might still find a chance at life in spite of the odds (we also saw Drakka do this with her son in Warcraft). In this very creative and protective act, Waller and Wayne are becoming the parents of these groups, Suicide Squad (which Wayne has threatened he will shut down) and Justice League (which wouldn't exist without Waller giving Wayne the necessary information he couldn't get on his own). This is like a scene out of Zootopia, with the fox--billionaire Bruce Wayne--and the police officer bunny Judy Hopps--Amanda Waller, CIA director--working to make the world a better place. So, even though it doesn't seem that way, this is actually an incredibly happy ending and the promise of a beautiful (if sometimes difficult) friendship, just like at the end of Casablanca.
And that's how simple it is to be a hero.
Love.
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